No, from a technical Digikey agent directly 
Yeah, I realized that 
I was just talking about the interaction with LT in order not to “double” the works or something about these LEDs! 
I mean, if it is LT that will produce the light, it will be good for them to have the LEDs, but it may be cautious to put the companies in contact to deal about it! Just thinking on this
And that’s for the initiative
Of course I will send a message to Neal/Lumintop.
I just want to know if they’re available to order.
I’ll send Digikey’s quote department an email as mentioned in the transcript, and hopefully, we’ll see a message from them Monday.
It would be so nice if we could order a T1-T3 bin though. Right on the edge of 4000k, and way below the BBL
I personally would prefer 4500K - 5000K range and barely below the BBL!
But pay no attention to me. I’m still not on the list. :person_facepalming:
Not really possible, unless we use tint mixing in the FW3A with 1x4000k and 2x 5000k.
I don’t want to hype myself too much. I’ve seen what an LH351D looks like, and from the looks of it, it’s a T6/T7 bin from the AEDe GB. So looking good above 1 amp, but slightly above the BBL at that level.
What I want is a rosy type T1-T2 bin, close to 4000-4300k rather than 3900-4000k. That would be amazing
Well below the BBL could imply more than one output bin lower though (just to have it mentioned, I’m all for sacrifying output for tint)
BlueSwordM, well done for trying, and I hope it ends in a result.
If LT had buyers worth anything (I’m sure they do, but maybe have not been directed yet) then this would have been sorted long ago. The plaintive request from “N” for help here was a big warning sign.
But really, what is going on here ? Asleep at the wheel doesn’t begin to describe it.
The principal should liven up, get a grip, or gently say goodbye and pass it on to those who can, and want, to do it.
I don’t really get it either. I’ve mostly had to piece together the early days of the project based on what was left behind, and that bead-blasted one seems to be the oldest FW3A prototype.
At risk of quoting Clerks, “I’m not even supposed to be here today!” Or, um, I wasn’t planning on running the project, and wasn’t even involved early on. Everyone else just kinda … left. So it’s all been a bit of a mess, a mystery at times.
Watch out...
You might be getting fired! 
(It's a movie reference.)
If I understand correctly, the process is something like this:
- Private forum messages get sent to everyone on the interest list.
- Click the link in the message.
- Order what you want through Neal’s shop.
- Payment is probably via Paypal, I think.
The plan is to make 50% of the lights with XP-L HI 3D, and 50% with LH351D 4000K 90CRI. But the LH351D might happen a few weeks later because nobody seems to have it in a good tint bin and it’ll need to be ordered from the manufacturer.
A lot of the details are still being worked out. However, if things happen in batches, as has happened on some earlier projects, there will need to be some way of deciding who gets to order one and who has to wait. It’ll probably be the lowest numbers first, as in, the people who requested one earlier can order sooner. That’s part of why I went through the entire thread history to properly sort and link each request, to make sure nobody is missed and they’re in the correct order.
That’s only the BLF list though, and I don’t know how things will be handled on TLF. If someone there could put a timestamp on each request, I could do the same on the BLF list, and they could be merged into one.
About when shipping can happen, I really don’t know. Hopefully very soon, but that depends mostly on what Neal and Lumintop can arrange, and I don’t know much about what’s going on there. Really, the rest of the process mostly depends on Neal. So I hope that will go smoother than the GT project did. He has had a year to improve his infrastructure.
Neal is handling the part acquisition, so definitely make sure you’re talking with him. It’d be helpful if I’m Cc’d too, so I know what’s happening.
No problem there too. I’m just currently writing the email to Digikey’s quoting department, so it’s gonna take a bit of time.
I dont expect even the T1-T4 bin will be much below the BBL if at all. Samsung bins are not to be trusted. Look at how far above the BBL the T6 and T7 were eventhough they were supposed to be at or below. I would be happy if the T1-T4 is at the BBL. But nevertheless thanks for your hardwork. It’s good news nonetheless
If it’s a T1/T2 bin, even I might like it. 
Based on the poll results, 4500K would be the most popular CCT… if that type of LH351D existed. But since it doesn’t, a T1/T2 is about as close as we can get.
For my personal use though, I’ll probably be pretty happy with XP-L HI 3D. I find it really hits the spot. And I’ll probably mod one to use 219B, eventually.
On a related note, forum member Nite Shadow pinged Nichia about making more 219B emitters in the nice R9080 sw45 bin everyone loves, and it sounds like it’s still possible. However, the minimum order size is 3500 pieces, the price is unknown, and the lead time is at least 3 months. So it’d require a pretty serious buyer. But if we aren’t able to find a newer higher-powered LED with the same nice tint, perhaps more old ones can be sourced.
I like the renderings with the tapered tube ends better, but this style could work well with a silicone sleeve to fill in the low spot.
You shouldn’t have to doing this, but I thank you for it.
All hands to the pumps.
The message has been sent.
We now wait either a single day, or until Monday/Tuesday perhaps for a great LH351d, even to Toykeeper’s eyes.
I really hope we get the T1/T2 bin
Is it too late to up my qty from 1 to 2 lights total? I would like 1 of each led type.
Thanks for everyone’s hard work.
Cpeng 2x lights total (1 of each tint)
As Leo Buscaglia once said,
Those who think they know it all have no way of finding out that they don’t.
I would be more interested in the 219C SM4070E tint bin because the efficiency and output is higher and tint is similar to the 219B 9080 except red rendering is not as good.
